Activate Performing Arts

Produce...
Activate produce, present, and promote the highest quality outdoor arts, strengthening the region's arts ecology.
Perform...
Activate are leaders in extraordinary outdoor, landscape arts with a rich programme of artists and audience development bought to life in partnership with venue and agencies.
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At the heart of making a success of our ambition are the people we work with: the artists, companies, staff, board, promoters, partners and outside agencies from many different sectors.

Activate creates, supports and develops outdoor arts, dance and theatre across the South West and places Social Justice at its heart.

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Inside Out Dorset Festival 2018

14 - 22 September

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Our Work

Activate aims to be one of the national leaders in presenting land based outdoor performance and making extraordinary performance and high quality arts events happen.

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About Us

Our vision is to help create a thriving performing arts and outdoor celebrations ecology in Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole.

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Upcoming

Dorset Youth Dance Company Classes

Sun 30th Sep to Sun 16th Dec

Short Evening & Saturday Courses

Thu 1st Nov to Sat 19th Jan, Thu 1st Nov to Sat 19th Jan

Night Tree by Second Hand Dance

Wed 19th Dec to Mon 24th Dec

3 Day Workshop in Berlin: Physicality in Acting

Fri 11th Jan to Sun 13th Jan, Fri 1st Feb to Sun 3rd Feb

Scholarships for International Course: Movement for Actors / Acting for Dancers

Closing date: 01/01/2019 - 10:15

13. Arte Laguna Prize NEW DEADLINE TO APPLY > 19.12.2018

Closing date: 18/12/2018 - 23:00

Outdoor Arts Development Course (Culture+)

Sat 12th Jan to Sun 3rd Mar

Expression of interest for an arts commission in Bristol, United Communities

Closing date: 21/12/2018 (All day)

Surf The Wave Assistant Producer

Closing date: 09/01/2019 - 09:00

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Activate is committed to challenging perceptions that the arts are elitist and not for everyone. We seek to remove barriers to participation where possible and place social justice at the heart of what we do.

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